6.  The applicant was born in 1951 and lives in Gdynia.
7.  On 26 October 1993 the applicant lodged a civil claim against the Public Health Care Centre No. 1 in Gdynia, claiming compensation for health loss she had suffered as a result of a shock caused by the injection of a product to which she had been allergic.
8.  By a letter of 7 January 1994 the Health Care Centre No. 1 in Gdynia submitted that, as a result of organisational changes, it was the Gdynia‑Śródmieście Specialised Clinic which had standing to be a defendant in the case.
9.  On 1 March 1994 the court summoned the Gdynia-Śródmieście Specialised Clinic to become a party to the proceedings.
10.  On 29 April 1996 the court ordered that expert opinions of a neurologist and urologist be prepared.
11.  On 19 September 1996 the Gdańsk Medical Academy refused to give an opinion as in principle they refused to prepare expert reports in cases in which civil liability was potentially involved of physicians working in institutions of the public medical service, supervised by that Academy.
12.  The court ordered that the Bydgoszcz Medical Academy be requested to prepare the opinion, apparently without success. It appears that they indicated that the preparation of such opinion would require that the applicant be hospitalised for observation.
13.  On 9 May 1998 the Poznań Medical Academy refused to prepare a report, relying on their workload.
14.  On 6 August 1998 the Kraków Medical Academy likewise refused to prepare the opinion, invoking an impossibility to find available specialists required by the court.
15.  On 1 September 1999 the Wrocław Medical Academy refused to prepare the opinion, also invoking an impossibility to find available specialists required by the court, and also indicating that it would be necessary that the applicant undergo a hospital observation.
16.  On 13 January 1999 the Gdynia-Śródmieście Specialised Clinic submitted that as a result of further organisational changes in the public health care system, the State Treasury should be represented by the Gdańsk Governor, and that the Gdynia Municipality should not be a party to the proceedings. By a decision of 28 January 1999 the court summoned the Governor as a party to the proceedings and discontinued the proceedings in respect of the Gdynia Municipality.
17.  On 3 February 2000 the court transmitted the case to the Gdańsk Regional Court, which had become competent to deal with the case following the change of the defendant.
18.  By a letter of 17 February 1999 the Gdańsk Governor submitted that he had no standing in the proceedings as since 1 January 1999 the Gdynia Municipality had become competent in matters of public health services.
19.  On 11 April 2000 the Gdańsk Regional Court held a hearing and decided that eventually the Gdynia-Śródmieście Specialised Clinic should be the defendant.
20.  The next hearing was scheduled for 6 June 2000. On an unspecified date two expert opinions were submitted to the court.
21.  On 16 June 2000 the Gdynia District Court gave its judgment and dismissed the applicant's claim.
22.  On 31 January 2001 a hearing was held before the Gdańsk Court of Appeal. The court decided to call further experts.
23.  On 23 October 2001 the Court gave its judgment, partly changed the first-instance judgment and awarded the applicant compensation of PLN 5,000 and costs.